A Bayesian network approach for fixture fault diagnosis in launch of the assembly process

Verification and correction of faults related to tooling design and tooling installation are important in the auto body assembly process launch. This paper introduces a Bayesian network (BN) approach for quick detection and localisation of assembly fixture faults based on the complete measurement data set. Optimal sensor placement for effective diagnosis of multiple faults, structure learning of the Bayesian network and the diagnostic procedure are incorporated in the proposed approach. The effective independence sensor placement method is used to reach the desired number of optimal sensor locations, which provide the concise and effective sensor nodes to build the diagnostic Bayesian network. A new algorithm based on conditional mutual information tests is put forward to learn the Bayesian network structure. The body side assembly case was used to illustrate the suggested method and the simulation analysis was performed to evaluate the effectiveness of the diagnostic network. The work demonstrated that the proposed methodology composes a feasible and powerful tool for fixture fault diagnosis in launch of the assembly process.

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